Krewe of Centurions
Location: Metairie, Jefferson Parish
Date: February 15, 2020
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Year Founded: 1979 Krewe Website: www.kreweofcenturions.com
In 1979 a group of six businessmen got together with a common goal. It was their desire to provide the people of Jefferson Parish with a carnival club which was second to none, although most would agree somewhat different from the norm. They wanted to be able to provide a beautiful presentation each year which would be dedicated to children of all ages. We share the traditions begun by those six men, as they have evolved over time, and continue to evolve through the ideas and hard work of our present leaders. All of their dreams and desires have become a reality and delight the child in each of us with a spectacular ball and parade presentation each year.
About the DVD The first Mardi Gras in America was celebrated in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. In 2007, it is still racially segregated. Filmmaker Margaret Brown (Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt), herself a daughter of Mobile, escorts us into the parallel hearts of the city s two carnivals. With unprecedented access, she traces the exotic world of secret mystic societies and centuries-old traditions and pageantry; diamond-encrusted crowns, voluminous, hand-sewn gowns, surreal masks and enormous paper mache floats. Against this opulent backdrop, she uncovers a tangled web of historical violence and power dynamics, elusive forces that keep this hallowed tradition organized along enduring color lines.
